Comparison

FeedLyst vs January

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FeedLyst

Stay informed with personalized news and video podcasts. Customize your feed from multiple sources, add custom RSS feeds, and enjoy a sleek, intuitive interface. Save articles for offline reading and listen to podcasts.

Highlights
  • Personalized news feed
  • Video podcasts
  • Custom RSS feed support
  • Offline article saving
  • Podcast listening
  • Adjustable font size
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Introducing the ultimate news and podcast experience with our cutting-edge RSS Feed and News App. Stay ahead of the curve with personalized news updates delivered straight to your device. Our sleek and intuitive design ensures you can navigate through the latest headlines effortlessly. Customize your newsfeed to suit your interests, and never miss a beat. Explore video podcasts that bring stories to life in vivid detail, offering a dynamic multimedia experience like never before. Free Features: - Read unlimited articles. - Multiple news sources and categories. - Add custom RSS feeds or OPML links. - Adjustable font size. - Light and dark mode. - Search articles. - Listen your favorite Podcasts. - Save articles to read offline. Pro Features: - Share purchases with all your logged in devices. - Autoscroll to effortlessly navigate through any text. - Hands-free experience with our text-to-speech assistant. - No ads. With our app, knowledge is power, and staying informed has never been easier. Download now and unlock a world of information at your fingertips. Whether you're a news junkie, podcast enthusiast, or simply curious about the world around you, our app has something for everyone. EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://codeone88.github.io/privacy

About

January

Get informed effortlessly with a personalized news feed based on global factual consensus. Understand complex topics with key points, source breakdowns, and AI-powered questions. Discuss news with friends, starting from the same facts.

Highlights
  • Personalized news feed
  • Global factual consensus
  • Key points summary
  • Source breakdown
  • AI-powered questions
  • Social discussion space
Features
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Ever felt like you should be more on top of the news, downloaded a few apps to fix it, and ended up either feeling manipulated or doing full-on detective work with bias meters and misinformation trackers just to figure out what's actually true – when really, you just wanted to be informed as easily as you scroll everything else on your phone? That's exactly why we built January. Being informed has never been this easy. You scroll a news feed personalised to the topics you care about, where every article is built on global factual consensus, hundreds of sources read across the world and boiled down to what they actually agree on. No spin, no outlet's angle, no guessing who's trying to sell you something. Just what happened, clearly written, in seconds. Want the gist even faster? Key points pop up right in the feed. Want to go deeper? Every story shows you which claims only some outlets ran, where the facts don't line up, and the full list of sources it came from. And January isn't something you read alone. There's a space to talk it out with your friends and peers, about the news, the articles, your day, or the state of the world, all starting from the same set of facts instead of two different headlines. Got a question about a story or anything going on out there? Just ask January AI and dig in as far as you want. No more research projects. No more wondering who to trust. Just the news, made effortless. Download January and see what being informed is supposed to feel like.

Screenshots

FeedLyst4 screens
January4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: January at none against FeedLyst's 3. January also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FeedLyst sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. January asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FeedLyst against 5.0 for January. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of FeedLyst's written reviews are positive against 100% of January's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FeedLyst ships an update every 10 days, January fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FeedLyst versus January: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeedLystJanuary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB14 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developersantiago ortegaSøren Buchreitz

Customer experience

FeedLyst

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

January

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FeedLyst

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • One Year Subscription$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$12.99
None

January

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FeedLyst free?
FeedLyst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is January free?
January is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FeedLyst or January?
FeedLyst and January are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do FeedLyst or January have ads?
FeedLyst shows ads; January does not.
Which is updated more often, FeedLyst or January?
FeedLyst ships an update every 10 days, and January fortnightly. Most recently, FeedLyst was updated on October 12, 2026 and January on October 15, 2026.

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